Incahuasi District

This article is about the district in the Lambayeque Region, Peru. For the district in the Cusco Region, Peru, see Inkawasi District. For other uses, see Inka Wasi.
Incahuasi
Inkawasi
District

Church of Incahuasi during a procession
Country  Peru
Region Lambayeque
Province Ferreñafe
Founded February 17, 1951
Capital Incahuasi
Government
 • Mayor Cesar Martans Manayay Lucero
Area
 • Total 443.91 km2 (171.39 sq mi)
Elevation 3,078 m (10,098 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 14,884
 • Density 34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 140203

Incahuasi District or Inkawasi[1] (Quechua Inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house")[2][3] is one of six districts of the Ferreñafe Province in the lambayeque Region in Peru.[4]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua (Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (85.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[5]

References

  1. ↑ muniferrenafe.gob.pe
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  5. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 6°14′09″S 79°19′00″W / 6.2357°S 79.3168°W / -6.2357; -79.3168

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